Gaarba Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Gaarba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
Gaarba (21) may also be a first name.
Gaarba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaarba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaarba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaarba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,551,568th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaarba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is most common in: Jigawa, where 41 percent live, Kano, where 21 percent live and Sokoto, where 15 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 32 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gaarba
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